Platform Comparison Table
From openmichigan
Platform Comparison Table
| eduCommons | Connexions | Drupal | Moodle | BlueStream | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure Features | |||||
first generation | |||||
| Reasonable price | open source | open source | open source | open source | $ + many 0's |
| Sysadmin maintenance | minimal, enPraxis | CNX hosts | yes, extensive | yes? | minimal |
| Support community | small, enPraxis | author support through email and phone | large | growing | ?, U-M group |
| Usable system interface | fair | good | fair | ? | poor |
| Access management | roles for publishing | public vs. private | user-defined roles | ? | asset-level access, roles |
| Batch upload | zip file w/few fields | ?, need to play | ? | ? | yes - ? |
| Media neutrality | yes, restrictions? | ?: XML presentation, supports other media but we need to play | ? | ? | yes (limited) |
| Extensive and customizable metadata | good | maybe? | ? | ? | good |
| Machine readable metadata | no? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Hierarchies of content | yes, course-based | learning modules, not granular | ? | ? | yes, parent-child |
| Indexing and search | ? | search by a few metadata fields only | ? | ? | extensive (depending on media type) |
| Push content out | ? | other sites can pull out content (URLs) | ? | ? | ? |
| Web services API | no | similar service, but not yet (other sites can pull out content (URLs)) | ? | ? | yes (several, since bluestream is a mix of components) |
future generations | |||||
| OCR text in video | no | no | no | no | ? |
| Audio to text | no | no | no | no | yes (limited) |
| dScribe & OERca integration | IMS content package export/import from OERca | unsure | ? | ? | Web Services? |
| Embedded image extraction | no | no | no | no | no |
| File type conversion | no | no | no | no | ? |
| Export pages as images | no | no | no | no | ? |
| Language translation | no | unsure | no | no | ? |
Interface Features | |||||
first generation | |||||
| eduCommons | Connexions | Drupal | Moodle | BlueStream | |
| Basic and advanced search | yes, but not by content type | yes, but not by content type | ? | ? | yes |
| Dynamic and flexible search result filtering and sorting | no | yes | ? | ? | no |
| Basic browsing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes, but needs better interface |
| Display of related content | no | yes, limited | ? | ? | ? |
| RSS feeds | yes | yes, hidden | yes | yes | ? |
future generations | |||||
| User-defined tagging | no | yes | yes | yes? | yes? |
| User favorites/portfolio | no | yes, favorites and lenses | ? | ? | no |
| User-ratings | no | not quite - does have endorsements and peer-review (to a degree) | yes? | yes? | no |
| Social network integration | no | no | yes? | yes? | no |
| Passive and active collaborative filtering | no | no | yes | ? | no |
| Dynamic and flexible browse filtering and sorting | no | no | no | no | no |
